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Progress from catastrophehttp://feeds.nature.com/~r/ngeo/rss/current/~3/MUJMCtjrSkc/ngeo3004
Natural disasters can devastate local communities. However, these rare events also often trigger new ways of thinking, and provide a treasure trove of data that must be used to reduce vulnerability.

]]>Geomorphology: Origins of low-relief plateausAnnina Margrethdoi:10.1038/ngeo2991Nature Geoscience 10, 541 (2017)2017-07-10Nature Geoscience2017-07-1010.1038/ngeo2991http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2991108News and Views541542http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2991Biogeochemistry: Warmer Arctic weakens vegetationhttp://feeds.nature.com/~r/ngeo/rss/current/~3/q_9mZMF4SLI/ngeo2989
Warm conditions in the Arctic Ocean have been linked to cold mid-latitude winters. Observations and simulations suggest that warm Arctic anomalies lead to a dip in CO2 uptake capacity in North American ecosystems and to low crop productivity.Nature Geoscience 10, 543 (2017).
doi:10.1038/ngeo2989

Author: Ana Bastos

Warm conditions in the Arctic Ocean have been linked to cold mid-latitude winters. Observations and simulations suggest that warm Arctic anomalies lead to a dip in CO2 uptake capacity in North American ecosystems and to low crop productivity.

]]>Biogeochemistry: Warmer Arctic weakens vegetationAna Bastosdoi:10.1038/ngeo2989Nature Geoscience 10, 543 (2017)2017-07-10Nature Geoscience2017-07-1010.1038/ngeo2989http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2989108News and Views543544http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2989Planetary science: Bypassing the habitable zonehttp://feeds.nature.com/~r/ngeo/rss/current/~3/4k715EeNSk4/ngeo2996
In our own solar system, Venus is too hot, Mars is too cold and Earth is just right. Simulations show that making an icy planet habitable is not as simple as melting its ice: many icy bodies swing from too cold to too hot, bypassing just right.Nature Geoscience 10, 545 (2017).
doi:10.1038/ngeo2996

Author: Andrew P. Ingersoll

In our own solar system, Venus is too hot, Mars is too cold and Earth is just right. Simulations show that making an icy planet habitable is not as simple as melting its ice: many icy bodies swing from too cold to too hot, bypassing just right.

]]>Planetary science: Bypassing the habitable zoneAndrew P. Ingersolldoi:10.1038/ngeo2996Nature Geoscience 10, 545 (2017)2017-07-31Nature Geoscience2017-07-3110.1038/ngeo2996http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2996108News and Views545545http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2996National baselines for the Sustainable Development Goals assessed in the SDG Index and Dashboardshttp://feeds.nature.com/~r/ngeo/rss/current/~3/ssg6507wvRU/ngeo2985
The Sustainable Development Goals map out a broad spectrum of objectives. Analytical tools in form of the Index and Dashboards provide a starting point to set national baselines, and allow comparison of the SDGs with other indices of well-being.Nature Geoscience 10, 547 (2017).
doi:10.1038/ngeo2985

]]>National baselines for the Sustainable Development Goals assessed in the SDG Index and DashboardsGuido Schmidt-TraubChristian KrollKaterina TeksozDavid Durand-DelacreJeffrey D. Sachsdoi:10.1038/ngeo2985Nature Geoscience 10, 547 (2017)2017-07-17Nature Geoscience2017-07-1710.1038/ngeo2985http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2985108Perspective547555http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2985Abrupt climate transition of icy worlds from snowball to moist or runaway greenhousehttp://feeds.nature.com/~r/ngeo/rss/current/~3/ukCPkhsUV5o/ngeo2994
Icy planets and moons could become habitable as their host stars brighten and their ice melts. Climate simulations instead show a rapid transition from a snowball to an inhospitable greenhouse climate with significant water loss.Nature Geoscience 10, 556 (2017).
doi:10.1038/ngeo2994

]]>Remote detection of widespread indigenous water in lunar pyroclastic depositsRalph E. MillikenShuai Lidoi:10.1038/ngeo2993Nature Geoscience 10, 561 (2017)2017-07-24Nature Geoscience2017-07-2410.1038/ngeo2993http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2993108Article561565http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2993Hemispheric climate shifts driven by anthropogenic aerosol–cloud interactionshttp://feeds.nature.com/~r/ngeo/rss/current/~3/M0tKG_UQCOQ/ngeo2988
A southward shift of the tropical rainbelts over the late twentieth century has been attributed. Climate simulations suggest that the mechanism for this influence lies largely with the interaction of aerosols with clouds.Nature Geoscience 10, 566 (2017).
doi:10.1038/ngeo2988